2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Evans Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Evans Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Evans Head than in the typical Australian suburb. This trend helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas. While family units remain common, the area has a distinct profile of smaller, single-person households.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Evans Head — lower than 86% of areas.
| Evans Head | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2472, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the own national average of 25.6%. This contributes to the typical home being smaller than most, with 40.7% of households containing just two people.
31.0% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Evans Head, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.1% of families, while 16.3% are one-parent families. This last group is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%, though the proportion has fallen since 2011.
16.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Evans Head, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011241/evans-head/topic/family-households